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arsenicazure on 14 May 2009

http://kotaku.com/5253012/second-year-of-sega-sammy-losses

 

Well its kinda sad to read this coz sega's software has been doin well the last year- in fact they seem to releasing interesting software on all platforms.. i guess it must be sammy's fault then.. oh well.. onto the winter olympics!

Second Year of Sega Sammy Losses

By Brian Ashcraft, 10:00 PM on Wed May 13 2009, 2,163 views (Edit post, Set to draft, Slurp)

Times are tough. Sega Sammy knows. The company has released its 2008 fiscal results, posting a loss for the second year straight.

The company chalked up a net ¥ 22.88 billion loss, which was less than the ¥52.47 billion loss of last year. The company's pachinko and arcade business caused financial bleeding. While game sales were firm, there was a 7.5 percent decline in those sales.

Sega Sammy did see a pretax profit of ¥6.64 billion compared to the previous year's ¥8.22 billion, but is already forecasting a 2.1 percent decrease in sales for the next financial year.

In order to cut costs, Sega Sammy is offering an early retirement program.



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Mr.Y on 14 May 2009

Yeah, this is sad. I wish arcades would make a comeback.



The Ghost of RubangB on 14 May 2009

Hey I did my part when I visited Japan, and I dumped some money into some Sega pachinko machines and I even won a stuffed goomba in a Sega UFO catcher.



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jonnhytesta on 14 May 2009
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Hey I did my part when I visited Japan, and I dumped some money into some Sega pachinko machines and I even won a stuffed goomba in a Sega UFO catcher.

 

 

stuffed goomba?? ffviii???



saicho on 14 May 2009

pachinko can't last forever :(



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Dgc1808 on 14 May 2009

Damn...



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The Ghost of RubangB on 14 May 2009

Here are some photos from my trip to a SEGA UFO Catcher arcade, where apparently they bleed money like crazy. You may click for larger versions.





Some of the Club Segas even have videos with this spokeswoman talking about how awesome and easy their UFO Catchers are.



Harry Potter's cloak. For reals.



If you click on this one you'll get to a really big photo so you can get a good look at the T-Shirts on the right side. I won that goomba on the bottom left, right next to the hole. It took me 5 tries, at 100 yen each, so I spent 500 yen on it. Later I saw it at a store and it cost way more! I won! Woo!


(I also tried to win some Neon Genesis Evangelion Doritos in a Namco UFO Catcher, but to no avail.)



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arsenicazure on 14 May 2009

mario merchandise in a sega machine :) interesting...



Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

owner of : atari 2600, commodore 64, NES,gameboy,atari lynx, genesis, saturn,neogeo,DC,PS2,GC,X360, Wii

5 THINGS I'd like to see before i knock out:

a. a AAA 3D sonic title

b. a nintendo developed game that has a "M rating"

c. redesgined PS controller

d. SEGA back in the console business

e. M$ out of the OS business